| The Flags of the Iron Brigade Contributor(s): Madaus, Howard Michael (Author), Zeitlin, Richard H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0965585409 ISBN-13: 9780965585408 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 1997 Annotation: During the Civil War, some 5000 Union Army soldiers filled the ranks of the Iron Brigade: the Second, Sixth, and Seventh Wisconsin, the Nineteenth Indiana, and the Twenty-Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry regiments. The regimental flags were a tangible symbol of the Union and were always in the forefront of battle, proudly displayed and tenaciously defended. Many men died to keep their flags aloft. This is the story of how the flags of the Iron Brigade came into being and the purposes they served both during and after the war. Distributed for the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 6.01" W x 9" (0.60 lbs) 110 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Midwest - Topical - Civil War |
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| Publisher Description: During the Civil War, some 5000 Union Army soldiers filled the ranks of the Iron Brigade: the Second, Sixth, and Seventh Wisconsin, the Nineteenth Indiana, and the Twenty-Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry regiments. The regimental flags were a tangible symbol of the Union and were always in the forefront of battle, proudly displayed and tenaciously defended. Many men died to keep their flags aloft. This is the story of how the flags of the Iron Brigade came into being and the purposes they served both during and after the war. Distributed for the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. |
